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- Changing Development Paradigm at a global level - Governing Board of ACT: Critical issue for the ACT Alliance (Care International, Caritas /CIDSE etc) - Advisory Group on Development Policy and Practice (DPPG); - Regional Consultations - How can ACT contribute, participate and position itself in the debate of the Changing Development Paradigm?

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Key aspects of the changing development paradigm - Financial and economic crisis: decline of aid for development; Changes in instruments, institutions and mechanisms of financing of development; - South South, and Triangular Cooperation; - New actors, the private sector New actors, “emerging” countries, BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China, South Africa); - Hugh disparities of living standard of people in emerging economies;

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Key aspects of the changing development paradigm / Where are we? Discussions in the international development institutions: - Development Effectiveness Process: Paris Declaration, Busan, Post Busan, Civil Society Partnership on Effective Development (CPDE); - Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and post-2015- framework. - Influence of the private sector to address sustainability issues; - Economic Globalisation: Shifting of industry into the developing countries; Attention to decent work and Fair Trade.

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Key Aspects of the Changing Development Paradigm/ Where are we? - Changing demographics: especially in relation to youth; - Changing communication patterns; - Reflections and questioning of consumption patterns, life styles and development model. - Shrinking space for civil society actors, especially related to human rights; - Changing mission paradigm & changing role of the churches in societies.

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Key questions for reflection What development model/paradigm do we want as ACT Alliance? - Pro – growth (-) -Sustainable development in a carbon neutral way, energy & resource efficient way within planetary boundaries (+) - What specific principles should it be based on and what operational strategies must be integrated? Concepts of life (Ubuntu, Buen Vivir, Happiness Index (+))

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Key questions for discussions 1. How can the Alliance become an actor for real change for people living in poverty and oppressed communities in the changing development context? 2. Is there an answer to the beyond growth paradigm? 3. What should be the key principles / non negotiables in which ACT’s work must be rooted when it comes to ideal development paradigm? 4. From issues reflected in this paper, what are the three areas of priority the Alliance should focus on in development work as a global alliance? -